Ashley McGarity, LMHC
Florida · 5 years in practice
Ashley McGarity is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who helps adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH20539 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1437899325 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ashley
Ashley McGarity is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who helps adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She offers straightforward support for people facing grief, parenting strain, addiction challenges, low self-esteem, and life transitions. Her style is calm and practical, focused on small steps that lead to clearer thinking and steadier emotions.
Ashley draws on emotion-focused ideas to help people understand how feelings shape their choices. She also uses attachment-based and client-centered approaches to look at patterns in relationships and build stronger ways of connecting.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used when people want tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In sessions she emphasizes clear communication, boundary-setting, and personalized coping strategies. She works with clients to identify values and steps that fit their day-to-day life.
The aim is to create routines and habits that reduce overwhelm and increase confidence. Ashley has five years of clinical experience practicing in Florida as an LMHC. She tailors work to each person rather than applying a single method to everyone.
People who want a collaborative, emotion-focused approach find her practical and engaged. She guides clients through exploring how past experiences affect current reactions, then practices new ways of responding. Therapy includes skill-building, reflective conversation, and short exercises to try between sessions.
The overall goal is clearer self-understanding and more effective ways of coping and relating to others.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ashley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashley names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-focused and skills-based therapy online
Emotion-focused work helps people notice and make sense of strong feelings so those emotions guide clearer decisions. It is useful for anxiety, relationship strains, grief, and situations where feelings repeat in troublesome ways.Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and communication. It can help people change interaction patterns, set healthier boundaries, and feel more confident in relationships.
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s own goals and values at the center of each session. The therapist follows the client's lead while offering empathy and reflection to support personal insight and growth.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each client to choose and adjust methods based on individual needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape session focus and tools used between meetings.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication styles. Video sessions are good for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between appointments. These options make it easier to keep consistent care while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
Ashley helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, anger, career stress, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on issues like attachment, body image, codependency, and adoption or foster care related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends emotion-focused listening with practical skills work. Sessions mix reflective conversation, communication practice, and hands-on coping strategies tailored to each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working as a clinician. That experience has included helping clients develop routines, communication skills, and strategies to manage strong emotions.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds the LMHC credential and practices in Florida. The credential listed is FL LMHC as provided in her profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow for different session lengths and styles depending on what feels most useful.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is managed through a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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